Prime Highlights
- AWS selects nine African organizations for its Social Entrepreneur Accelerator, marking the continent’s largest representation in the programme.
- The cohort will receive cloud technology, training and business support to scale impact across education, healthcare and economic development.
Key Facts
- The accelerator includes 42 social enterprises from 16 countries and is delivered in partnership with Deloitte.
- Since 2023, the programme has supported more than 100 social entrepreneurs across 34 countries.
Background
Amazon Web Services has selected nine African organizations for the fourth cohort of its Social Entrepreneur Accelerator, the largest number of African participants the global programme has recorded since its launch in 2023.
The nine organizations come from Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Tanzania, Cameroon and South Africa and form part of a wider cohort of 42 social enterprises drawn from 16 countries.
AWS runs the accelerator in partnership with Deloitte, offering participants cloud and artificial intelligence tools, technical training and strategic business support. The programme has worked with more than 100 social entrepreneurs across 34 countries to date.
Nigeria leads the African contingent with three organizations. Sabi Scholar helps universities launch online degree programmes in as little as 30 days.
Kayode Alabi Leadership targets inequality among underserved youth through mentorship and technology. Wetech Inc. builds career pathways for women entering the technology sector.
Kenya contributes two organizations. KuzeKuze develops digital education passports that track and personalize student learning over time.
STEM Center Africa, founded in Homa Bay County, has reached more than 18,000 students through hands-on coding, robotics and 3D design programmes and is targeting 100,000 learners by 2030.
Ghana’s BASICS International offers certified digital skills training to underserved children and young people in Accra. In Cameroon, EduCloud runs hands-on cloud and technology workshops in Douala, giving students the practical grounding that employers in the sector look for.
Tanzania’s Fiqra Academy links young people to jobs through digital skills certification. South Africa’s FunHouse Digital converts rural gaming lounges into education hubs, using gaming revenue to fund free coding classes.
